Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry

65 reviews

katelynndzindzio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

If you have ever wondered if someone is born evil or if that is possible then Janie is here for proof. Chris and Hannah wanted nothing more than to have a happy family, as a surgeon and nurse they were the perfect parents for the problems that Janie had. Or so they thought. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Death of parent, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Infertility, Grief, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Panic attacks/disorders

annie_1330's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Excellent  book a page turner. I couldn't  put it down. Everything  was expertly written keeping you on the edge of your seat till the end.  This book leaves you going what maybe a sequel?? So good drop what your doing  and go read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, and Animal cruelty

samantha_sahm_reads's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

2.75

I knew the ending by 60 pages in

Also Christopher is the worst husband ever 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Animal death

aerialwhitney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Child abuse, Animal death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Infertility

sincerely_inayah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was every lifetime movie with an

extremely oblivious husband who believes in his demented child more than the wife hes known for far longer. Wanted to shake sense into him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

gneumann's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

this was a really tough read. i should not have read this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Confinement, Grief, Child abuse, Animal death, Death, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Abandonment, and Excrement

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

lyndis8377's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gore, Torture, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Miscarriage

knvrr's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage

ianb's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I need to start this book off by saying that what I read was Disturbing and the most disturbing book I have read. I highly recommend going to look up trigger warnings for this one as there are a lot and I’m not going to capture them all, It features Child Abuse and Animal abuse to name a couple. But It’s a gripping read and once you are hooked you are not released until you get to the end, and it will leave you wanting more… 

 

Dr. Christopher Bauer and his wife, Hannah, have been struggling with infertility for years. Hannah, now 41, has all but given up hope of having children until..... 

 

This story is told through alternating Character Chapters- Christopher, Hannah and A Social Worker and they all work together to move the story along The entire time your reading you know that it is leading up to something big but that reveal doesn't come until the last 25% which will have you furiously flipping the pages. 

 

Lucinda Berry has penned quite the nightmarish tale. This was my first read by her but I assure you it will NOT be my last. I'm going to get my greedy grabby hands on anything she has written. 

If you want a unique, edge of your seat, psychological thriller. . . Look No Further. This book will BLOW YOU AWAY. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Death, and Infertility

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I liked a lot about this one and hybrid reading it (audio and on kindle) really added to the experience and made me feel more immersed in the story. I don't think the writing was the best ever but the story in general kept me wanting to know what happened. The very end did me very dirty though. if you know you know. Now I'm gonna start the companion novella to this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Miscarriage, Self harm, Confinement, Physical abuse, Ableism, Body horror, Abandonment, Infertility, Mental illness, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Excrement, Medical content, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Sexual content, Addiction, and Alcohol